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New Sculptures by Jay Howell
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/trippy-dudes-jay-howell-550x550.jpgThere’s nothing grim about this reaper sculpture by Jay Howell. Howell has recently taken his stretchy characters...
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Global Conflict Toy Doll Installation by Vitshois Mwilambwe Bondo
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/vitshois-global-conflict01-550x366.jpgThat last post is a tough act to follow, but moving on in a very different direction: Plastic and plush toys...
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A Retrospectacular Interview with Artist Matt Ritchie
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/rat136-retrospectacle01121338-550x412.jpgMatt Ritchie‘s Retrospectacle is an epic, yet understated, genre-defying art show open for one more weekend...
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Animal Carcass Art for Animal Lovers
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/neozoon-big-game-hunter-550x412.jpgIt sounds like an oxymoron, and maybe it is, but here are two artists making positive animal carcass art. Neozoon...
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Glass Art Sculptures by Ellen Urselmann
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ellenurselmann-objects-3-550x362.jpgEllen Urselmann is a Dutch glass artist whose blown glass sculptures incorporate toys and medical ephemera. Her...
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The Happy Modern Characters of Damien Poulain
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Poulain-Totem49-550x778.jpgDamien Poulain is a London-based graphic designer and art director. Impressed after an encounter with a “multitude of...
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Jay Howell Sculptures and Enthusiastic Person at FFDG
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/jayhowell-enthusiasticperson022313-2-550x275.jpgI’ve been totally enamored with Jay Howell‘s Super Sculpey characters since he began revealing them...
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Don’t Pop This Art: Airigami Balloons
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/americangothic-airigami-550x609.jpgOK today’s my birthday, so here are some balloons. These aren’t just ANY balloons; they’re arty balloons. And...
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Devorah Sperber Recreates Iconic Art With Spools of Thread
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/devorahsperber-superman5-550x412.jpgIf you enjoyed yesterday’s iconic works of art recreated with balloons, here’s something from a similar “spool”...
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Crash Toys by Dario Tironi and Koji Yoshida
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/crashtoys-1-550x414.jpgI was really taken by this collection of sculptures by Dario Tironi and Koji Yoshida called Things (Crash Toys). The artwork...
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Olek Gives Oakland the First Ever Crocheted Billboard
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/olek-billboard-oakland1-550x551.jpgWith the stitchery still fresh on her solo show at New York’s Jonathan LeVine Gallery, the amazing Olek hopped a...
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The Pen (and Pencil) are Mightier Than the Sword
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/propre-penmanship-550x345.jpgA knight can slay a dragon, but if the dragon wrote a tell-all and passed it around to his dragon friends prior to...
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Play Dough Polka Popes by Miriam Jonas
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PolkaPopes-MiriamJonas1-550x330.jpgWith this week’s Pope Mania, we take a trip back to 2011 for Miriam Jonas’ Polka Popes. Jonas, a Berlin-based...
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The Popped Art and Eye Candy of Desire Obtain Cherish
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/desire-obtain-cherish-undertheinfluence.jpgDesire Obtain Cherish is the nom de guerre of Jonathan Paul, a graduate of Parson’s School of Design who...
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Banksy Taxidermy by Eugenio Merino
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/eugenio-merino-banksy-550x550.jpgSuper collector Selim Varol just revealed a new commission in the form of this taxidermy-style trophy. The...
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Amazing Stories Inside Insane Asylum Suitcases
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/willard-asylum-suitcase-1-550x466.jpgWhen I’m doing an interview, I often ask my subjects what items they’d bring with them to live out the rest of...
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Rat136 Art Infestation at Zerofriends!
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/rat136-zerofriends-4-550x412.jpgOne hundred and thirty-six rats have infested an art gallery in Oakland, but there’s no need to call the Orkin® Man....
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Soft Sculpture by Jaz Harold
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/jaz-harold-geode2-550x393.jpgWow. Check out this “frankensteined” self-portrait/resin bust by New York-based fine artist, Jaz Harold. She pieced it...
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My Knitted Boyfriend by Noortje de Keijzer
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/My-Knitted-Boyfriend-2-550x366.jpgI’m starting to see a pattern that suggests Dutch designers have great senses of humor. (For instance: Dutch...
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Hine Mizushima x They Might Be Giants Music Video
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/tools-to-set-insects-free-550x309.jpgWhat a wonderful and whimsical meeting of minds! Artist and animator Hine Mizushima [previously] paired up with...
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Last Day for Allyson & Alex Grey’s Visionary Entheon Kickstarter!
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/entheon-kickstarter-2-550x179.jpgAlex Grey and Allyson Grey are visionary artists and founders of the New York-based sanctuary, Chapel of the Sacred...
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Doubleparlour to Release 22 New Character Toys
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Doubleparlour-instagram-550x550.jpgIn about 24 hours, San Francisco-based artists, Doubleparlour [see studio visit/interview here], will be...
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Step Inside Gary Baseman’s Home and Head: The Door is Always Open
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/gary-baseman-skirball-051713-45-550x733.jpgI’ve been meaning to post these pictures from Gary Baseman‘s epic art installation at The Skirball in Los...
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Artist Nut Brother Makes Material out of Air Pollution
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/nut-brother-vacuum-550x322.jpg Five years after Electrolux made arty vacuums with plastic sea debris, a Chinese performance artist vacuumed the air...
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About That Trump Troll Doll by Chuck Williams
http://www.jeremyriad.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Trump_Troll_Doll1-550x452.png Well this is a bummer: Chuck Williams‘ sculpt of a Donald Trump troll doll has come under fire from NBC Universal,...
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